Window-screen hanger



Aug. 26, 1930.

vR. L. DURFLINGER WINDOW S GREEN HANGER Filed June 24, '1929 Patented Aug. 26, 1930 f UNETED jPATENr ori-*loirA ROBERT L..-DURFI.11NGER, 0F iNDIANAroLIs, ,INDIANA wrNDow-scianniv HANGER.

Application led .Tune 24,

f may permit the raising and lowering of the screen even though the screen may be warpedA to some extent; and means that may be manufactured at a very low cost of production and of such type that skilled laboris not required for its installation.

These and other objects will become apparent in the following description of the invention which is-,made in referencey to the accompanying drawing, in whichp Fig. 1 is an outside elevation of a window frame to which my inventionhas been applied; l

Fig. 2, a verticalsection on the line 2 2 1n Fig. 1; o

Fig. 3, a fragmentary elevation of a screen rail'with an attaching guide;

Fig. 4, a side elevation of the guide as shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, a horizontal section-on in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a side elevationof a' lower attaching guide; i

Fig. 7, a fragmentary elevation of a screen showing a modified form of a retaining guide; and y Fig. 8, a horizontal vsection on the line 3 8 in Fig. 7. I'

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views" in the drawing.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 wherein is the line formed a common type of window frame 10 having the upper sash 11 and the lower sash 12 here shown in a raised or open position, I mount a window screen 13 between the outside sash retaining strips 14 and 15. To hold the screen 13 in position, I employ 1929. serial 1ro/373,148.

-a pairof top Vguides 16 and a pair of lowerv guides 17.

Referring now to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the upper guide 16 consists essentially of a short length of channel bar having a hole 18 formed centrally through the web.` rThe lower guide 17 is exactly-the same v.as the guide 16 with the eXeception-that instead of` one hole,eacli guidey 17 isprovidfed with thev two holes 19 and' 20.. One each of the guides 16 is secured vtothe strips 14 and 15 respectively by passing a iwood screw 21 through the hole 18 ofthe l guide. `Since there is ybutone screw in each of the guides 16 these guides ymay be .rocked about lthe l'screws' 21. These guides 16 'are positioned at distances above the sill of the fframe'so as to Vbe substantially near the top endvof the screen 13 when the screen rests by its lower rail on the sill. Y

A guide 17-is attached to veach of the strips 14-v a-nd 15 above. the sill of the frame, as indicated in F ig. 1, Vby passing wood screws through each ofthe holes 19 and 20,whereby vbothguides 17 are" held in fixed positions so that they maynot be rocked.. f All of theguides 16 and 17 are mounted on the strips 14an'd15 so that the screen 13 may i Vslidefreely therebetween by havingitsstiles 22 and 23 slid'ably engaged betweenthe legs of the guides. Y

Assuming the screen 13 to be positioned -in the frame as indicated in F ig.1, the screen Sniay bev removed therefrom by raising it slightly to the positionv las indicated by the dash-dot lines, Fig. 1, whereupon the lower end ofthe screen 13 is pulled inwardly to withinjV the room as indicated in Fig. 2, by

rockingthe screen as held by the upper guide 16 vabout the screws-'21. r1`he screen may then `be 1 pulled downwardly to slide between the guides 16 the direction as indicated bythe arrow, F ig. 2. In the reverse 1 fashion, the Ascreen may be replaced from within the room xby'first insertingit between the guides 16,

then rocking the screen toa vertical posi- 'tion, and finally lowering the screen to have it pass-between the guide 17.

Inthe foregoing description, the stiles 22 and 23 have been shown'as ofthe usual type. In those stiles where a longitudinal groove is a window frame, a second provided in the outer edges, the guide 24, Figsf and 8, may be employed in place of the guides IG and 17, so as to provide a conceal-ed, construction. In this modilied form as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the guide 24 is substantially V-shaped in cross section, the uppei1r guide having a single screw 25 passed centrally therethrough so as to pivotally retain the guide 24 against the face of the strip I4. The guide 24 is adapted to fit slidably within the longitudinal groove 26 of the stile 2T of the screen so that the screen may be lowered and raised over the guide 24 and also be rocked laterally. The lower guide 24 is exactly the same as the upper guide Q/i, but is fixed in position against the strip 14:.

YVhile I have here shown my invention in the best form nowV known to me it is'obvious that many structural changes may be made in that torni without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form any more than may be required by the following claims.

I claim:

Vl. The combination of a window screen, a pair of upper guides adapted to be mounted on ya window trame, adapted to be mounted on the frame, said guides being formed to engage the stiles of the screen to permit said screen to be raised and lowered vertically therebetween, said uper guides having means to secure them pivotally to the frame to permit said screen to be rocked normally of the frame when engaged between said upper guides only.

2. In a window screen construction, a pair ot guides adapted to be pivotally attached to the window frame and to receive the screen slidably thereon, and a second pair of guides adapted to be fixed to the frame adapted to receive said screen slidably therein while said screenis received by said, iirst guides.

3. In the combination of a screen, a guide adapted to be pivotally securedto one side of guide adapted to be pivotally secured to the opposite side of the window frame, both ot said guides being mounted on the frame to be slidably engaged by said screen byV its sides substantially near guide adapted to be iXed to its top, a third the window frame vertically below said first bracket, and a fourth bracket adapted to be ixedr tothe window frame vertically below saidsecond guide, said third and fourth guidesfbeing formed to removably engage said screen and hold said irst and second guldes against rotation by said screen being engaged therebetween. v

4. In a window screen construction, screen attaching means comprising two vertically spaced apart guides adapted to be mounted oneach side of a window frame, each of said guides being adapted to engage'both front and back faces of the sides of a screen and a pair of lower guides vto the trame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. ..5 ROBERT L. DURFLINGER. 

